Vending apparatus



(Hummel.) v v J. A. WILLIAMS. VENDING APPARATUS.'

No. 448,344. Patented Deo. 23, 1890.

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JOHN A. \VILLIAMS, OF BROOKLYN, NEVCYORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE vWILLIAMSAUTOMATIC MACHINE COMPANY, OF MOUNDSVILLE, VEST VIRGINIA.

VENDING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION fermig pere ef Letters Patent No.' 443,344, dated Deeember23, V1890. ,Appneeaen flied July 28,1890. serial Ne. 360,200. (Nemedei.)

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN A. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Vending Apparatus, ofwhich the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to vending-machines, and is designed primarily asan improvement on that represented in an application tiled by me May 23,1889, serially numbered 352,882.

In the drawings, Figure l is the bottom plan view of so much of avending-machine as is necessary to illustrate the present invention.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same on the line 2 2,with the parts in their normal position; and Fig. 3, a similar viewshowing the position the parts occupy after the coin has been insertedand the slide pulled outward to discharge one of the articles to besold.

A indicates a supporting-frame for the operating-machine, which in thepresent instance is shown as made of a single casting. The framecomprises the plate B, having a coin-opening a, the block C, upon whichthe article to be sold rests, and parallel walls or guides D, which aregrooved on their inner faces to receive the operating-slide E and thedelivery-slide F, these parts being arranged substantially as shown inPatent No. 430,497, issued to me June 17, 1890, to which patentreference is hereby made for details not found herein.

The operating-slide E is provided with a coin-slot c, normally inalignment with the coin-slot a in the plate B, and the outer end of thesaid slide E is turned upwardly so as to form a handle by means of whichthe slide may be actuated.

Delivery-slide F is provided with an opening fnear its front end, and inadvance of the opening it is provided with a lug or proj ection g, thesaid lug or projection being located in advance of the arm K, secured tothe under side of the operating-slide. A coiled spring G, connected atone end with the dev livery-slide and at the opposite end with theremovable back plate J, serves to hold the delivery-slide normallywithin the machine, while a similar spring I, connected at its forwardend to the operating-slide E (or its arm K) and at the rear to the upperend of a pivoted pawl yor dog lV, serves to hold the operating-slidealso normally within the machine.

L indicates a pawl or dog pivoted to the inner face of one of the wallsor guides D, and 'i a spring which extends from the pawl to a lug b,substantially as shown and described in my pending applicationhereinbefore referred to. The pawl and its spring are shown in fulllines in Fig. l, and the pawl alone is shown in dotted lines in Figs. 2and 3.

The pawl W is pivoted to one of the side walls or guides D, and extendsdownwardly through a slot or opening cc, formed in the delivery-slide F,as shown in all the figures.

From the foregoing description it will be observed that when the partsare in their normal position, as shown in Fig. 2, the lower end or tailof the pawl XV will bear against the rear wall of the slot or openingce. When the actuating-slide E is pulled outward, the force of thespring I has to be overcome, and if the slide be released the springI Iwill return the slide to its normal position within the machine withouteffecting a discharge of the articles to be sold. XVhen a coin isinserted into the machine, the slides E and F will be locked together,as shown in Fig. 3, and as the two slides are pulled outward the pawl ordog XV will be rocked or tipped, as shown in Fig. 3, against the tensionof the spring I, and will, when the slide F has been pulled outward farenough t0 eject an article, be found to be out of' the slot or openingoc. It will be observed, however, that as the lower end of the pawl IVis moved forward the upper end will be carried backward, and as the pawlthus rocks or tips and the slide E is pulled outward, the springI willbe put under tension. This forms in effect what I term a variableresistance, the obj oct of which is to siderable force will be requiredto distend it, and as the token inserted into the machine is subject toa strain in locking the two slides together, the token will be brokenand the slides disconnected unless the said token be of the requisitestrength.

No broad claim is made herein to a variable resistance as applied to amachine of this general character, for that is claimed in my pendingapplication, Serial No. 352,882,11cre-- inbefore referred to.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In aVending-machine, the combination, with the frame or support, of anactuatingslide E E and the delivery-slide F, adapted to be connected bymeans of a coin, a pawl \V, working through a slot in thedelivery-slide, and a spring I, connected at one end with theactuating-slide and at the opposite end with the pawl W, allsubstantially as shown.

In an automatic vending-machine, the combination, with the frame orsupport A, of the actuating-slide E and the delivery-slide F, adapted tobe connected by means of a coin, a pawl \V, pivoted at a point betweenits ends to the side wall of thc frame or support and projectingdownwardly through a slot or opening c formed in the deliveryslide, anda spring I, secured at its forward end to the actuatingslide andconnected at its rear end to the upper end of the pawl, allsubstantially as shown and described.

Ina Vending-macl1ine, the combination, with the frame or support A, ofan actuatingslide E, a delivery-slide F, adapted to be connected withthe actuating-slide by means of a coin and provided with a slot oropening 10, and with a plain face in rear of said slot or opening, apivoted pawl or dog XV, projecting downwardly through the slot oropening w, and aspring I, secured at its forward end to -theactuating-slide and at its opposite end to the pawl or dog lV, allsubstantially as shown, whereby when the delivery-slide is pulledout-ward the pawl will be rocked and its lower end thrown outof the slotor opening onto thc plain face of the delivery-slide.

In witness whereof I hereunto set myhand in the presence of twowitnesses.

J OHN A. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

F. A. HUBBARD, 1I. M. ADAMS.

